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Pampero MRL
The SLAM (Sistema de LAanzadores Multiples Multiple Launcher System) Pampero is an argentinian multiple rocket launcher (a type of rocket artillery) from Cold War and modern eras. It is usually mounted on the chassis of an all-terrain Unimog 4x4 vehicle to provide mobility, in a similar way to the soviet Katyushas.
Development
The SLAM Pampero MRL was developed by CITEFA in the early 1980s, and was subsequently manufactured during the 1980s by the DGFM Fabrica Militar Fray Luis Beltran in Rosario, Argentina.
Service history
The self-propelled variant is currently in service with the Argentine Army artillery branch.
Variants
Surface-Surface: self-propelled 16-tube MRL, mounted on top of a Mercedes-Benz Unimog chassis.
Air-Surface: 4 or 6-tube pod.
Rocket Specifications
Caliber: 105 mm (? in)
Length: 1530 mm (? ft)
Motor: Solid-fuel rocket
Weight: 30 kg (? lb)
Maximum range: 10.200 m (? mi)
Dispersion: 68% of projectiles within an area of 300 m by 200 m
Warhead:
* Types: Rocket Types: HE, HE-I (HE-Incendiary), Inert (for training).
* Weight: 10.5 Kg
Launcher specifications
Entered service: 1980s (Argentine Army)
First used in action:
Chassis: Unimog 416 4x4 truck
Crew: ?
Weight loaded: 6110 kg
Length: ? m (? Ft ?? in)
Width: ? m
Height (stowed): ? m
Height (max elevation): ? m
Max road speed: ? km/h
Cruise range: ? km
Engine: ?
Transmission: ?
Number of tubes: 16
Launch Rate: 16 rockets in 7.5 seconds
Reload time: 10 minutes
Loader Type: Manual
Launcher Drive: Electric
Launcher Traverse: 90
Launcher Elevation: 0 to +52
Average unit cost: ?
Users
Argentine Army
Sources
Information from the websites detailed in the "External Links" section.
See also
Artillery rockets, in "List of artillery"
Argentina, in "List of artillery by country"
Multiple rocket launcher
External links
[*] Official Argentine Army website - Artillery Branch, field artillery equipment webpage (specifications and picture).
[*] Official CITEFA website (Air-Surface version pictures with some specifications)
[*] Unofficial website, providing Description, Pictures and Specifications.
[*] Unofficial website, with organization and equipment of the Argentine Army, including details on the Pampero.
[*] Unoffocial website, providing Specifications (with some differences).
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